Intellectual Property and Access to Im/material Goods

Download or read book Intellectual Property and Access to Im/material Goods written by Jessica C. Lai and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2016-07-27 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditionally, in order to be protected intellectual property goods have almost always needed to be embodied or materialised (and – to a certain extent – to be used and enjoyed), regardless of whether they were copyrighted works, patented inventions or trademarks. This book examines the relationship between intellectual property and its physical embodiments and materialisations, with a focus on the issue of access and the challenges of new technologies. Expert contributors explore how these problems can re-shape our theoretical notion of the intangible and the tangible and how this can have serious consequences for access to intellectual property goods.